--- title: "Optimizing Dealer Inventory with Power BI: An Automotive Case Study" description: Auto maker leverages Microsoft Power BI and WIT's expertise to optimize inventory management with data-driven insights into consumer vehicle preferences. image: https://blog.witinc.com/hubfs/Case%20Study-Auto%20Maker-Resources.png --- [![static1.squarespace.comstatic590a2d39e4fcb5f1d7b2f0f9t5caf7332085229b84f213cb21555002163479WIT+logo\_2018](https://blog.witinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/static1.squarespace.comstatic590a2d39e4fcb5f1d7b2f0f9t5caf7332085229b84f213cb21555002163479WIT+logo_2018.png?width=130&height=76&name=static1.squarespace.comstatic590a2d39e4fcb5f1d7b2f0f9t5caf7332085229b84f213cb21555002163479WIT+logo_2018.png "static1.squarespace.comstatic590a2d39e4fcb5f1d7b2f0f9t5caf7332085229b84f213cb21555002163479WIT+logo_2018")](https://www.witinc.com/) - [Data Department in a Box](https://www.witinc.com/data-department) - [Services](https://www.witinc.com/analytics-strategy) - [Analytics Strategy](https://www.witinc.com/analytics-strategy) - [Data Integration](https://www.witinc.com/data-integration) - [Data to Dashboards](https://www.witinc.com/data-to-dashboards) - [Analytics Process Automation](https://www.witinc.com/analytics-process-automation) - [Predictive Analytics](https://www.witinc.com/predictive-analytics) - [Resources](https://www.witinc.com/resources) - [Resource Library](https://www.witinc.com/resources) - [Microsoft Fabric User Group](https://www.witinc.com/microsoft-fabric-user-group) - [Analytics Self-Assessment](https://www.witinc.com/analytics-self-assessment) - [Events](https://www.witinc.com/upcoming-events) - [Blog](https://blog.witinc.com) - [Great Lakes Summit](https://www.witinc.com/great-lakes-data-ai-analytics-summit) - [About Us](https://www.witinc.com/about-us) - [Who We Are](https://www.witinc.com/about-us) - [Our Experience](https://www.witinc.com/our-experience) - [Our Partners](https://www.witinc.com/partners/) - [Join Our Team](https://www.witinc.com/careers/) - [Contact Us](https://www.witinc.com/contact-us) August 24, 2020 # Auto Maker Uses Analytics to Optimize Franchise Dealer Inventory ### SOLUTION overview With the support of WIT, our client implemented a Microsoft Power BI dashboard to increase visibility into consumer demand for specific vehicle configurations. ### INDUSTRY Automotive ### FUNCTION Inventory Management ### Geography Southeast Michigan  ![Microsoft Power BI dashboard](https://blog.witinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Power%20BI%20screen.png?width=1625&name=Power%20BI%20screen.png)   ### BACKGROUND Ranking in the top 10 of the world’s largest automakers, this company is a multinational automotive corporation that has a wide-ranging portfolio of nearly 20 automotive brands with manufacturing, design, and engineering facilities at worldwide locations. ### opportunities Vehicles can be assembled in a wide variety of configurations that are tailored to the consumer's needs and desires; including cosmetic or functional packages or extra options. However, predicting purchasing behavior can be difficult, especially when tracking between the OEM assembly, to the dealership to the consumer. Key opportunities to address in this project included:  - Improve ability to identify and track vehicles on a dealers lot and for how many days - Increase visibility to which vehicle configurations are less popular and sit at a dealership longer - Provide data discovery analysis with past and current dealership inventory data ### SOLUTION The WIT analytics team was able to deploy a custom Microsoft Power BI dashboard that leverages up to five years of vehicle configuration and dealership inventory data into a user-friendly data discovery tool. ### OUTCOMES This data discovery dashboard is delivering a competitive advantage with increased visibility into consumer demand for specific vehicle configurations. 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